Playoff race/Scoreboard watching thread

[CharlotteJacket]

Listen, I don't mean to be the school principal, but we DIDN'T draft Demidov and all of the bitching and second guessing isn't going to change that. MOVE ON.

 

[punk_o_holic]

No offense to Levshunov but how did Chicago pass on demidov and not team up with BeBedard

So they drafted Levshunov at 2 and tried to trade their 2026 unprotected 1st to Columbus for the 4th so they can draft Demidov. How good is Levshunov? Like if they drafted Demidov at 2. Would Levshunov go 3rd? Would he have dropped? Probably would have been easier to trade with other teams in the top 5 to 10 to draft Levshunov?

 

[cbjthrowaway]

So they drafted Levshunov at 2 and tried to trade their 2026 unprotected 1st to Columbus for the 4th so they can draft Demidov.

that wasn't the only trade involving the pick columbus used on lindstrom.

the other one was #4 overall for martin necas. in hindsight that would've been incredible for the jackets (imagine necas and fantilli together) and had a very interesting ripple effect across hockey where rantanen probably doesn't get traded at all.

How good is Levshunov? Like if they drafted Demidov at 2. Would Levshunov go 3rd?

pretty sure anaheim would've taken levshunov over sennecke, so yes.

 

[stevo61]

that wasn't the only trade involving the pick columbus used on lindstrom.

the other one was #4 overall for martin necas. in hindsight that would've been incredible for the jackets (imagine necas and fantilli together) and had a very interesting ripple effect across hockey where rantanen probably doesn't get traded at all.

pretty sure anaheim would've taken levshunov over sennecke, so yes.

If we took the Necas trade we would have believed we could have Demidov and been in the same boat that and stressing about Necas leaving in FA

 

[ViD]

So far let’s hope Levshunov scores to win it for Chicago

 

[aRussian]

Chi! Hopefully onside, looked close live

 

[NotWendell]

LFG!!!

 

[ViD]

Hawks make it 3-2!!

Now Montreal is under serious pressure. Let’s see if they can handle it

 

[cbjthrowaway]

i've had lukas reichel pencilled in as a buy low change of scenery target for the jackets for a while now.

hard to imagine him scoring a bigger goal for the jackets than that.

 

[MoeBartoli]

Man if there is a team that really should have drafted Demidov before Montreal it's the other team in this game. Did Davidson think a teenager could carry an entire offense? I wonder what his overall gameplan even is, continue the suck through the McKenna draft?

Same could be said for Columbus

 

[ViD]

Montreal looked terrible vs Toronto and tonight Chicago has been a better team

 

[stevo61]

Same could be said for Columbus

You can dislike the pick but overall no, the same can not be said. We are not a team struggling for offense and relying on a kid as a savior

 

[MoeBartoli]

You can dislike the pick but overall no, the same can not be said. We are not a team struggling for offense and relying on a kid as a savior

Didn’t need a savior - just the best player available - and without heath concerns - a guy who capsule have easily gone 2nd.

 

[ViD]

Montreal crowd is rough - from blowing the roof early to booing the team now

 

[cbjthrowaway]

You can dislike the pick but overall no, the same can not be said. We are not a team struggling for offense and relying on a kid as a savior

they're not struggling for a specific kind of offense (rush chances off turnovers) but demidov looks insanely good in the zone, and that certainly is an area where they have struggled.

 

[aRussian]

Montreal starting to make more pressed plays; could open them to counterpunches

 

[CBJx614]

Lazy back check from Demidov allowed that goal to happen.

 

[stevo61]

Didn’t need a savior - just the best heathy pick available and a guy who capsule have easily gone 2nd.

That was my point though. Davidson has put everything on 1 player. Still sucks if we get it wrong but atleast we aren't a disaster of a franchise who can't afford to make any mistakes because we have some pretty talented players on the team already. Story isn't completely written on Lindstrom yet but I understand why people don't like uncertainty.

We also thought we had 1 more superstar on the NHL roster at the time. Wouldn't be completely out of the realm of possibility that it played a part in our pick and Waddell wanted to add some edge to a pretty good collection of skill

 

[cbjthrowaway]

these refs are doing everything they can to get montreal into the playoffs

 

[MoeBartoli]

Damn, that was a pretty iffy call at this juncture.

 

[ViD]

f***

Complete breakdown by Chicago in the middle

 

[aRussian]

*sigh* Sucks not having our destiny in our control

 

[bl02]

The refs did all they can do to get Montreal in

 

[cbjthrowaway]

third really questionable power play gifted to the habs tonight. if they end up winning this i'm gonna be so mad.

 

[MoeBartoli]

@‘/$$#@&$%%!!!!!